Telly Monster singing the song.
Anything Muppets sing the song.
Elmo looking out into the stars.
The Two-Headed Monster sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is an English nursery rhyme adapted from the poem "The Star," by Jane Taylor. When later set to music, the song's melody was based on "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman," which was also the basis for "The Alphabet Song" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep."
Performances[]
- An Anything Muppet father and daughter performed the song on Sesame Street in the first season (First: Episode 0073).
- The album Big Bird Leads the Band features the song.
- Hickory Dickory Dock/Alphabet Song/Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, was a single released in 1977 featuring the song.
- One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure features a sing-along of the song.
- A Sesame Street puppet from Takara Tomy features a recording of Teena singing the song.
- The Sesame Street Music Box Record Player included a record with the recording.
- Gonzo, Rizzo the Rat, the March Hare, and a chicken sing the "Alice in Wonderland" version called "Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat" in The Muppet Show episode 506.
- The song is featured in Kids' Favorite Songs album as part of a medley by The Count, Prairie Dawn and Big Bird. In the video, it was performed by Telly Monster.
- The Two-Headed Monster looks at a star and sings "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." (First: Episode 2737)
- Bob, Mr. Honker, and The Kids performed a symphony version of the song in Episode 2572.
- Irvine sings the song in Sesame Street Episode 3638.
- Baby Bear teaches his friends the song in Sesame Street Episode 3890.
- Gordon suggests singing the song, with "hah-hah-hahs" instead of lyrics, on Sesame Street in Episode 3985.
- The song was performed in the Sesame Street Live shows, Super Grover! Ready for Action and Everyone Makes Music.
- Nani Bird sings it in Hawaiian to Baby Big Bird in Make Music Together.
- Letoya Makhene performed the song on Takalani Sesame. (YouTube)
- Pepe the King Prawn and a little girl try to sing the song to get Animal to sleep in an episode of Muppet Moments.
- Baby Kermit makes appearances in two different Disney Junior Music videos featuring the song; one vocalized version (YouTube), and one instrumental lullaby. (YouTube)
- The song and its titular character are the main focus of a 2017 episode of Sesame Street.
- A 2017 video clip, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with Julia & Elmo", was produced for the initiative Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children. (YouTube)
- Baby Rowlf plays the song at the request of Baby Piggy in the Muppet Babies episode "The Best, Best Friend."
References[]
- The rhyme was the basis for an episode of Mother Goose Stories.
- Don Music and Kermit the Frog rewrote the lyrics (resulting in "Whistle, Whistle, Little Bird.") (First: Episode 1210)
- In a sketch where Grover delivers a singing telegram to Mr. Johnson, one of the incorrect telegrams he delivers is "Twinkle, twinkle, Mrs. Star, would you like to buy my car?"
- In Sesame Street's Mother Goose Rhymes, Elmo looks out his window and recites a version of the rhyme.
- In Episode 4169 the song lists as Zoe's favorite.
- A Read Along with Elmo book features the rhyme.
- The book Elmo's Rock Star Guitar comes with a plastic guitar that plays the song.
- The Muppet Babies feature the rhyme in the Big Book of Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales.